The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-03-16

my ClclI sudCkIcS anu cSCapcu---
When we look out from our office
window and see so many wagon
loads of bacon, corn, -four, hay, bran,
&C., being hauled from the Railroad
Depots to our mercantile establish
ments, we cannot help but think
something is wrong in the manage
ment of farm affairs in this section.
Charlotte Home Democrat.
Mr.. Chas. B. McMillans three
year old child, an intelligent, bright
looking boy, can tell you without
hesitation the name of any State in
the Union, and can also point on
the map any place you may ask for.
He does it SO easily that you would
think he could read, but he does not
know a letter in the alphabet. 1t is
trul y acknowledgement Obser-
Ger.
The engineers will complete the
survey of the Lynchburg and Dur
ham road i'll a few days. and steps
looking to the earl y construction of
this road will be speedily taken.-
For the week ending March 9TH. the
combined sales Of leaf tobacco at the
several warehouses amounted to
324 ,2Sl pounds--a decrease OF 243,-
SIG pounds compared with the pre-
vious week.-Durhdm Plant.
On our trip to Currituck court
we saw that the farmers had planted
an unusually large crop Of peas this
spring. They are we'll up and look
ing fine.-Mr B. B. Berry, OF this
county is Y years Of age and has
| been married four times. His last
wife is about So years old and not
long since presented her husband
with fine pair OF twins.-EH<obcth
City Falcon.
We hear from citizens on Town
Fork that the farmers in that section
will have to buy corn to keep up
their stock till harvest.-We un-
derstand the track on the G.. f. & Y.
v Railroad is now laid within three
miles OF Walnut Cove, and that the
cars will soon run to Hairston's mill,
where a turn-table will be built.
That point is less than mile of
Walnut Cove.-Danb,ry Reporter.
A number Of men from Ohio
contemplate locating in North Caro-
lima will probably settle in or near
Newton, as they have an eye on this
place and surrounding country
From the amount Of fresh land being
prepared for cultivation, it seems
that the farmers are going to work
with a greater determination than
ever to try to regain what they lost
last year-Ne,oton Enterprise.
MIR. T. NJ. Stikeleather, of Turn
ersburg township, killed two wild
turkeys on the Sd. They had their
necl<s together and he brought them
both down at one shot. Mr.. Stke-
leather is one farmer, by the way,
who does not complain of hard times.
He has not yet begun using his last
years corn and expects to have an
abundance on hand when this years
crop is cribbed. -StdtesUiUe Land
marx.
The farmers are very backward.
1t will soon be complaining
time Some years ago, many farm
ers planted corn in March Nova
days there is very little corn planted
before the first Of April.-Clover
is beginning to show and the farmer
who has good clover field smiles
when he thinks how soon he will
have something green for his stock,
and will not have to 90 to his corn
crib every time to feed.-Roanoke
Ne,cs
Wheat is looking very fine
There were 243 instruments admit
ted to probate in this county during
the month of February.-A gen.
tleman in the lower end of the
county informed us few days ago
that he planted last year 5 acres in
peanuts and on the same farm thir-
teen acres in cotton, and made more
money on the peanuts than on the
cotton. He sold his peas for 73 cts
a bushel. They are now worth S1.3O.
He also told us that the farmers of
that section would diversity their
crops this year more than ever
before.-Roanoke Ne,Cs.